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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #70
The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #70 may be set in a contemporary home, but it still seems to have something of the jungle about it. My three captions are presented here, but the third is merely...
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Florence 2019: Galleria dell'Accademia
The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence was built primarily to house Michelangelo'sDavid. It also serves as the home to his Slaves, unfinished sculptures that reveal much of what we know about his...
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Florence 2019: Street Artists
Today I'm a screever and as you can see A screever's an artist of highest degree —Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins"After leaving the Galleria dell'Accademia, we walked through the...
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Florence 2019: A Last Look
My final set of photos from Florence take me back to the crowded summer tourist season of 2019. All the photos date from July 12, our last day in town.ComicsThe restaurant where we ate our last dinner...
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Letters from Charles Barsotti to Douglas Maxwell
In 1985 letters to Douglas Maxwell, his "great and famous friend," cartoonist Charles Barsotti discusses how he might illustrate "ideas, people, etc." and specifically "the creative mind." He...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #706
Stand clear of the closing doors and enjoy my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #706 for April 20, 2020. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen."They seem so peaceful in the wild."These captions...
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Earth Day: Ronald Searle's Oops!
A few months ago when I was surveying a few of Ronald Searle's lithographs in anticipation of his March 3 centenary, I set aside Oops! (1974) for Earth Day, which is April 22. Searle's humor packs a...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #71
I must be getting old. The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #71 proved too wild a ride for me. I did not submit even one caption—and certainly not the one I have here. The cartoon's file name of...
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Sight Unseen: Kings Don't Carry Money by Charles Barsotti
Occasionally I report on my penchant for buying books which are described enticingly by booksellers but which are not accompanied by the photographs I would need to make a fully informed decision. In...
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The New Yorker Eleven at the Illustration Gallery
Who are the New Yorker Eleven? In 1993 a generation of eleven New Yorker cartoonists participated in an exhibition and sale at the Illustration Gallery in lower Manhattan.Advertisement for the...
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Sight Unseen: The Essential Charles Barsotti
What exactly does "Signed by Author(s)" mean? Is the following copy of The Essential Charles Barsotti (1998) listed on AbeBooks last leap day signed by the cartoonist Charles Barsotti, the book's...
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The Deluxe Edition of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
The deluxe edition of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons (2018) is distinguished from the regular edition by three portfolios of signed, limited edition cartoon prints by Roz Chast, Bruce Eric...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #707
Lighten your load with my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #707 for April 27, 2020. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."I'm having lunch with Sisyphus."These captions weren't worldly...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Spring 2020
Moment magazine seems to be going from bimonthly to quarterly, not an encouraging sign for the viability of print. What's more, that represents a potential loss of two caption contests per annum. My...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #72
"Hermit Divorce," so the file name tells us, is the topic of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #72. My attempts are below. The drawing is by Jon Adams."Don't tell me you're going to that...
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Leon's Copy of The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons
* and the people who live with themLeon's former copy of The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons *and the people who live with them (2001) is signed by cartoonist Roz Chast, who wrote the introduction...
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Cover Print of Patricia Marx and Roz Chast's Why Don't You Write My Eulogy...
There is a limited edition print of the cover illustration to Patricia Marx and Roz Chast's Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother's Suggestions (2019). The print publicizes...
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Roz Chast's Bucket List Rough
No doubt Roz Chast is one of the more popular New Yorker cartoonists working today and popularity tends to bring more work to the art market, including unpublished work. It is surprising, then, that we...
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Cartoons by Roz Chast: Original Poster Art
I suppose I should try to be less critical of eBay sellers who can't take decent photographs. When Roz Chast's original exhibition poster art for Cartoons by Roz Chast was offered on eBay last year,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #708
My entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #708 for May 4, 2020. The drawing is by Sofia Warren."An apron will do."These captions were overdone:"How many prisoners will you be taking?""And how...
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